The book addresses the entrepreneurial origin of the capitalist firm and its asymmetric contractual relationships between capitalists, workers, managers and entrepreneurs, and explains the origin of the firm by focusing on entrepreneurship. A hidden action model shows how assigning residual...

This title discusses the phenomenon of smoking as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details the consequences of smoking, in addition to the detrimental effects caused by second-hand tobacco smoke exposure as a health risk to children as well as to the general public. The...

This title discusses the phenomenon of alcohol abuse as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details alcohol’s status as a psychoactive drug; he notes, however, that in contrast to other psychoactive drugs, alcohol has been widely culturally accepted in Western countries...

This title offers an in-depth analysis of the causes, consequences and treatments of illicit drug abuse. The author examines the effects of existing drug policies and proposes drug use legalisation within a regulated market as a viable alternative. Joshua assesses the factors that make...

Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) are used in hospitals for the reimbursement of inpatient services. The assignment of a patient to a DRG can be distinguished into billing- and operations-driven DRG classification. The topic of this monograph is operations-driven DRG classification, in which DRGs...

Schulen als soziotechnische Systeme -- Schulen als soziotechnische Systeme -- Konstrukte und Methoden in der -- Konstrukte und Methoden in der Forschung zur Lehrerbelastung -- RHIA-Unterricht: Psychische Belastungen -- RHIA-Unterricht: Psychische Belastungen erfassen und reduzieren -- Begrenzte...

Die Integration heterogener Strukturen gelingt in vielen Medienunternehmen nicht. Die daraus resultierenden Unsicherheiten erzeugen Stress, welcher von Ängsten begleitet wird. Stefanie Sorge zeigt, dass Angst motivierende oder hemmende Wirkungen auf die Arbeitsleistung in einem Team besitzen...

Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit als Raketenantrieb -- Praxisvarieté erster Akt – Bühne frei für enorme Zeitpotenziale -- Ganzheitlich erfolgreich – vom ZeitDRUCK zum SOG -- Denk- und Handlungswerkzeuge der Zukunft -- Praxisvarieté zweiter Akt – Bühne frei für enorme Zeitpotenziale --...